Leap Ball
Manufacturer: Royal Novelty Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1932-1934)
Year: 1932
Date: August, 1932
Type: Pure Mechanical (PM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
The Leap Ball, manufactured by Royal Novelty Company of Baltimore, Maryland in August 1932, is a single-player Pure Mechanical (PM) pinball machine, predating the electro-mechanical era that would come to dominate the industry.
As a pure mechanical game, Leap Ball relies entirely on gravity and manual mechanisms rather than electrical components, reflecting the earliest wave of coin-operated pinball design in the early 1930s.
Little detailed information survives about Leap Ball's specific gameplay features, artwork, or theme. Its age and manufacture by the short-lived Royal Novelty Company (active only 1932-1934) make it a notable if little-documented artifact from pinball's formative pure-mechanical period.